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2001 Stories by Peter S. Scholtes

• Defying Death

  published December 19, 2001

  What's a death-metal mogul to do when the world becomes as macabre as his music? More >>

• Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go

  published December 12, 2001

  A New Compilation Rouses D.C.'s Funk Scene. More >>

• No Rock Stars Need Apply

  published December 5, 2001

  A Hangdog Comeback From the "Other" Dylan More >>

• Dreams of Democracy

  published November 28, 2001

  'Lumumba' Reimagines the Ten-Week Reign of the Congo's Only Freely Elected Leader More >>

• Man or Superman?

  published November 21, 2001

  It's a New World for Stan Lee's Superbeings in Long Underwear. More >>

• For The Sake of 'Argument'

  published November 21, 2001

  Rock criticism has not done well by the Jack Bennys of post-hardcore. More >>

• I Celebrate Myself, And Sing Myself

  published November 7, 2001

  Aspiring Hip-Hop Mogul Top Tone Taps Into the Deepest Wells of American Optimism--But Keeps Coming Up Dry. More >>

• Brotherly Love

  published October 24, 2001

  The world is hell, but relax, baby: The Isley Brothers are still here. More >>

• Good Times

  published October 3, 2001

  The Hard Times Cafe gets a break--and a benefit album. More >>

• Breaking Away

  published September 26, 2001

  Local hip hoppers S.U.S.P.E.C.T.S. escape to Minneapolis from the streets of Pennsylvania More >>

• What's the Big Eyedea?

  published September 12, 2001

  Eyedea has gone from writing his story in a basement to rapping the cosmos on TV. More >>

• This is Hardcore

  published September 5, 2001

  It made less history than '77 punk. It sold fewer records than Nirvana. But the suburban rebellion of Eighties America found its own potent way to... More >>

• Shoot 'Em All!

  published August 22, 2001

  Apocalypse Now Redux extends an epic allegory of American megalomania into the 21st Century. More >>

• Sensational: Get on My Page

  published August 15, 2001

  Sensational Get on My Page Ipecac   THERE'S THE HIP-HOP genius of Eminem, who sounds like... More >>

• Who Is JonJon Scott?

  published August 1, 2001

  Defining black music with a departing record impresario. More >>

• The Apostle

  published July 11, 2001

  Toots Hibbert gave reggae its name. Now he wants to save its soul. More >>

• White Lies

  published July 4, 2001

  Caucasian rockers addicted to black blues. So-called siblings with an intimate past. Meet the myth of Detroit's White Stripes. More >>

• Stars and Stripes Forever

  published July 4, 2001

  "The Star-Spangled Banner" is the electoral college of American music. More >>

• This Is the End

  published June 20, 2001

  As Foetus, Jim Thirwell creates eclectic music for the danse macabre. More >>

• Raw Power

  published June 13, 2001

  Spilled blood, blown fuses, and perforated skulls: the unlikely rise of American Head Charge. More >>

• Hoop Dreams

  published June 13, 2001

  Are Young & Da Restless the next local rap sure shots? More >>

• The Mask

  published May 23, 2001

  The secret lives of hip-hop supervillain MF Doom. More >>

• Cold Play

  published May 9, 2001

  City Pages plays the tracks; Bobbito states the facts: A hip-hop expert ear-tests Minnesota music. More >>

• Print the Legend

  published April 4, 2001

  In 40 self-sacrificing years at the helm of the University Film Society, Al Milgrom has seen his reputation grow to mythic stature. How this... More >>

• The Zone Diet

  published March 14, 2001

  Alt rock eats it with another radio format change. More >>